Social and Legal Causes of Homelessness
Homelessness in the UK has become a big cause for concern in recent years. In this article we explore the scale of the issue on a local and national level,…
Were Grenfell Tower residents denied access to justice?
[Please note corrections to paragraph 2 and 3, 24th August 2017] By Eimear McCartan and Sam Blewitt, Campaign Volunteers at the Greater Manchester Law Centre. On Wednesday 14th June, a housing…
Universal Credit to roll out in Altrincham and Stretford 17th July 2017
Universal Credit is a new benefit which replaces Income Support, Income Based Employment Support Allowance, Income Based Jobseekers Allowance, Tax Credits and Housing Benefit with a single monthly payment. This…
Manchester Arena Attack Free Legal Advice
If you were at the Manchester Arena and have been affected by the attack on Monday 22nd May 2017, Manchester Law Society can help you get free legal advice and…
Grenfell Tower inquiry must be on residents’ terms, says Hillsborough families’ barrister
Leading human rights lawyer and GMLC patron Michael Mansfield QC has called on the Grenfell residents to insist that they were not ‘excluded’ from any forthcoming inquiry. Michael Mansfield QC called…
General Election 2017: Why Legal Aid cuts are not a sexy subject
General Election 2017: Why Legal Aid cuts are not a sexy subject Greater Manchester Law Centre (GMLC) will continue the fight for free access to justice with an even louder…
Greater Manchester Law Centre General Election 2017 survey
In this election we are asking what commitments to Free Access to Justice candidates in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester – Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan – are willing to…
Women’s Legal Rights – worth fighting for then, worth fighting for now
Charlotte Hughes paid a moving tribute to Caroline Sheridan, English social reformer and author, in a feature article in The People’s Daily Morning Star on the 12th April. Caroline Sheridan’s…
Council report lays cost of welfare cuts bare
Liverpool is now the fourth most deprived borough in England. And austerity has hit the most vulnerable people the hardest since the current government came into power in 2010. But now, a damning report from…
“Immigration Detention”
Andrew Langdon QC adds the Bar’s weight to a chorus of criticism on the intolerable state of immigration detention: no judicial scrutiny; no time limits; and scant access to justice…